About the Authors

Meghnath Dhimal

meghdhimal@gmail.com

Affiliations Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC), Ministry of Health and Population Complex, Kathmandu, Nepal, Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences (IAU), Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Institute of Occupational Medicine, Social Medicine and Environmental Medicine, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Ishan Gautam

Affiliation Natural History Museum, Tribhuvan University, Swayambhu, Kathmandu, Nepal

Hari Datt Joshi

Affiliation Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC), Ministry of Health and Population Complex, Kathmandu, Nepal

Robert B. O’Hara

Affiliation Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Bodo Ahrens

Affiliations Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences (IAU), Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Ulrich Kuch

Affiliation Institute of Occupational Medicine, Social Medicine and Environmental Medicine, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MD UK IG. Performed the experiments: MD IG. Analyzed the data: MD RBO BA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MD UK. Wrote the paper: MD IG UK RBO BA. Coordinated field study and performed data management: HDJ.